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Hot offense, solid pitching carry Knights to fifth straight WCL title

Jesse Sowa
Aug 20, 2021
Aug 20, 2021 Updated Mar 6, 2023
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The Corvallis Knights celebrate their fifth straight West Coast League title after defeating Yakima Valley 13-2 in the third and deciding game Friday night at Goss Stadium.

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The Knights' Kiko Romero, right, is greeted at home plate by Briley Knight after hitting a home run in the eighth inning. Both players had four RBIs in the game.

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Knights starting pitcher Ethan Ross had seven strikeouts in six innings Friday.

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Knights WCL Champs 05

Knights head coach Brooke Knight thanks the players and front office after winning the West Coast Legue on Friday night.

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The Corvallis bats came alive in a big way after being largely silenced by Yakima Valley in the first two games of the West Coast League baseball championship series.

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Corvallis 13, Yakima Valley 2

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Kuykendall, Wild (3), Matter (6), Robertson (8), Sweeney (8) and Olsson. Ross, Dowd (7), Taylor (8), Meyer (9) and Smith. WP: Ross. LP: Kuykendall. 2B: Vogt (C), Knight (C), Shanks (YV). 3B: Romero (C), Vogt (C). HR: Romero (C).

Hits: Yakima Valley 7 (Olsson 2, Shanks 2, Coballes, Dickman, Plante), Corvallis 16 (Bazzana 3, Vogt 3, Romero 3, Stancato 3, Knight 2, Scott, Way)

RBIs: Yakima Valley 2 (Holder, Shanks), Corvallis 13 (Knight 4, Romero 4, Vogt 3, Bazzana 2)

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